$100k a year, no longer in Fort Wayne
changea dispatch from
rochester
NY
43.16°N
77.62°W
Rochester is the city that Kodak and Xerox built, with a quiet college-town soul (UofR, RIT, Eastman School of Music). The Garbage Plate (cheeseburger, mac salad, home fries, hot sauce, on one plate) is the closest thing to a citywide handshake. Frederick Douglass made his home here, and the Susan B. Anthony House is downtown. The Finger Lakes wine country is right next door.
the verdict
more each month than Fort Wayne ran you
Rochester costs more than Fort Wayne, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
a quick ledger.
$1,534/mo
29% more expensive than Fort Wayne(vs $1,187/mo)
5.85%
$238/mo more in state tax than Fort Wayne
vs 3% in Fort Wayne
$6,312/mo
$584 less than Fort Wayne
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$273k
8% more expensive than Fort Wayne
vs $254k in Fort Wayne
1.1M
vs 458k in Fort Wayne
field notes, weather & such.
147
pleasant days a year, in rochester.
Fort Wayne gets 161 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
A month here packs 1.4× the events of Fort Wayne.
58/100
26% higher than Fort Wayne
vs 46/100 in Fort Wayne
Closest outdoor draw: Letchworth State Park, 44.2 mi.
69/100
23% lower than Fort Wayne
vs 90/100 in Fort Wayne
18
80% more than Fort Wayne
vs 10 nonstops in Fort Wayne
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